Shopper dies after slashing own throat in supermarket

BLOODY SCENE: A woman slit her throat in the Shipley Asda supermarket [GETTY]

She died in a pool of blood in a hardware aisle.

Police closed the superstore in Shipley, West Yorks, following the apparent suicide at 8.37am.

One shopper said: “One of the shop’s first aiders was trying to help.

“A young man who works there saw the woman stabbing herself in the throat. He’s in terrible shock.

“Staff told me the woman came in with a Polish woman who is a regular customer and while her friend was at the bakery she took a knife from a rack in the hardware department, tore it out of the packaging and stabbed herself.”

“A young man who works there saw the woman stabbing herself in the throat”

A store shopper

Student Kerry Morgan, 19, said: “This fella came past looking pale and saying a lady had attacked herself with a knife and there was blood everywhere.

“He looked really distressed.”

A member of staff added: “It was no accident. A woman has gone to the hardware section and slit her throat.”

The victim was around 30 and of Asian appearance. Paramedics were called but she was pronounced dead at the scene.

The store remained closed yesterday as police forensic teams examined the scene. Detectives interviewed staff and witnesses and were last night studying CCTV.

A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said they are not looking for anyone else in connection with the death.